Table 2 WHO Europe strategy and action plan for refugee and migrant health: strategic areas
From: Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review
1. Establishing a framework for collaborative action | The aim is to promote and strengthen collaborative action on migrant health issues among international, national and local organisations and institutions. |
2. Advocating for the right to health of refugees | The aim is to contribute with factual and precise information to reduce discrimination and stigmatisation, and to eliminate barriers to health care for refugees and migrants. |
3. Addressing the social determinants of health | The aim is to build upon an adequate policy dialogue on the health of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants across all the involved government states and public. |
4. Achieving public health preparedness and ensuring an effective response | The aim is to incorporate the health needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the outlining and advancement of public health services and policies based on Health 2020. |
5. Strengthening health systems and their resilience | The aim is to focus on the capacity to attain an accord on the healthcare system competences required to respond to the health needs of refugees and migrants. |
6. Preventing communicable diseases | The aim is to provide the necessary capability to focus on communicable diseases in transit and destination countries. |
7. Preventing and reducing the risks posed by non-communicable diseases | The aim is to establish that the needs of refugees and migrants form part of the national strategy for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. |
8. Ensuring ethical and effective health screening and assessment | The aim is to ensure that screening is risk-specific and evidence-based and to provide the real interests of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants and the host population. |
9. Improving health information and communication | The aim is to provide the adequacy, standardisation and comparability of records on the health of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, to facilitate access to health information. |